Question

Name: 1.The fundus of the uterus is expected to go cm per 5. down normally postpartum about TH day. A. 1.0 cm A. th B. 2.0 cm B. C. 2.5 cm di D. 3.0 cm C. 2. The lochia on the first few days after delivery is characterized as: pr D. A. Pinkish with some blood clots CC B. Whitish with some mucus 6. C. Reddish with some mucus D. Serous with some brown tinged mucus A. 3. In Leopold's maneuver step # 3 you palpated a hard round movable mass at the supra pubic st B. area. The correct interpretation is that the mass palpated is: C. A. The buttocks because the presentation is D. breech, 7. B. The mass palpated is the head. pre C. The mass is the fetal back. A. D. The mass palpated is the small fetal part B. I 4. The most common normal position of the C.C fetus in utero is: D. A. Transverse position 8. V B. Vertical position help C. Oblique position pre D. None of the above A. L

Answer 1

1. Answer is: A. 1.0 cm

The fundus of uterus starts involution right after delivery. It is expected to go down by 1 cm per day and becomes no longer palpable about 1 week after delivery.

2. Answer is: C. Reddish with some mucus.

The lochia on the first few days after delivery is characterized as deep reddish because there is some blood, endometrial tissue and mucus.

3. Answer is: B. The mass palpated is the head.

When the mass palpated is hard round and movable, it is the fetal head.

4. Answer is: B. Vertical position

Vertical position refers to the fetal spine is parallel to the maternal spine. It makes easy for the fetus to go out the birth canal. If transverse or oblique, the fetus can’t be delivered normally per vagina.